Social media& #39;s volunteer forces in the push for universal surveillance are thrilled, of course. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-04-30/joshua-wolf-shenk-resigns">https://www.latimes.com/entertain...

As Becca Rothfeld said, think you what you will about the traumatising effect of seeing a naked adult man by accident on your computer screen, if you& #39;re a serious progressive you will still want your union to fight for a “no firing for Zoom mishaps” clause in your contract.

First they came for the masturbator, then they come for the fibromyalgia sufferer. I defended Jeffrey Toobin, and of course (based on the available information; I& #39;m aware that more could come out yet) I& #39;m going to defend Joshua Wolf Shenk. https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/science/articles/work-pleasure-surveillance-machine">https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/...

And as @ebruenig wisely points out, even she, at 30, is old enough to remember when, on accidentally seeing someone naked, it was the naked person we felt sorry for, not *ourselves*.

We& #39;re living in a frightening new reality, where tech infiltrates our lives & bleeds across the boundary btwn public & private in ways we all have difficulty navigating. To react w anything other than compassion to the failure of others to navigate it well is both foolish & evil.

“Just don& #39;t do anything wrong, and the universal-surveillance apparatus will not cause any trouble for you” is not a viable long-term strategy.